"Sacrifice, sacrifice!?" Mutt was shocked: "You mean, the cats of Melson Stone used you as a sacrifice, dedicated to... the crystal?"
"Well, yes." Mitch nodded and said, "I don't know if they are the cat people you mentioned. Anyway, you all look the same."
(What kind of thing is this?)
"It all happened so long ago," the rat boy said, "I only remember that our people originally lived in caves in the deep mountains and forests, living a life without fighting against the world. Until the war spread to us.
residence.
They said that our tribe should either support their war or be executed on the spot, because they did not need useless people in that war and did not need us to hold them back. In order to survive, our tribe became their prisoners. But who would know
Even if you become a prisoner, you can't escape the fate of being massacred?
They sacrificed me and all my people to the so-called [god] in the Tardin crystal."
While Mitch was talking about very scary things, his face remained calm, as if he had seen through everything. Or maybe it was because he had been trapped in the crystal world for many years and knew that he would never get out again, so the anger in his heart had already disappeared.
It wasted away until nothing was left.
"I watched my people being disemboweled one by one, their heads cut off, leaving only their internal organs and headless bodies, and then they were sent into the mouth of the so-called [god]. That [god]
My people were all eaten one by one, and I was the last one."
His hands were trembling slightly when he said this. Yes, there was no anger in his heart, but the fear left by the horrific experience that year could not be wiped away in the years.
"Among my clan, I am the youngest and the weakest. I was arranged to the end of the sacrificial ceremony, which delayed my death. But I know they will not let me go, and I know they will eventually be like
Just like it killed my tribe, it killed me too. So I tried to struggle and try to escape. I was lucky, or maybe I was unlucky, the hemp rope that tied my legs was not tied very tightly.
I really broke free. I broke free from the rope and started to escape, even though I knew I was bound to die. I felt something cold approaching behind me, and by the time I understood what it was, a sharp metal spear had already come from behind.
It penetrated my chest. I actually only ran away a few steps, and it wasn't even an escape. I knew I would die next, but before I died, I bumped into the crystal.
I can’t remember clearly what happened after that. It seemed that I was swallowed by the crystal before I died, and then was transported into this crystal world.”
The little white mouse fiddled with the short down on his chest with his hands, revealing a terrible big wound covered by the hair: "This is the wound left by being pierced by a spear. You can die countless times in the crystal world,
And after death and resurrection, there won't even be a wound. This scar was left in the real world. I think I was teleported into the crystal world at the moment I was about to die. It saved my life, but it didn't.
The law can completely heal the scars left in reality."
Mutt was actually frightened while listening to this, but he tried his best to stay calm.
"So..." Mitch smiled bitterly: "This is my story. There isn't much to say. I hope this won't scare you or make you bored. I was originally in the two hundred cycle
Before, I was already a dead person in the real world. The crystal world saved me, but it trapped me forever. Is this considered lucky or unfortunate?"
"It's better than dying." The cat boy whispered: "Especially, it's better than being cut into pieces and eaten like that..."
"I don't know. When a person dies, he dies. It doesn't matter in what form he dies." Michie said, "On the contrary, being trapped here and unable to die may be the real cruelty."
An extremely violent thunder and lightning fell from the sky. It was absorbed by a huge crystal pillar on the shining hill, and the crystal pillar emitted light several times brighter than usual. The rat boy turned his head and watched the crystal pillar come out.
God seemed to be attracted by the light spots lingering around the crystal pillar.
"I've tried hugging those electrified pillars and killed myself many times." He suddenly said: "You know what? That's actually quite fun. My whole body was numb with electricity, as if I was doing
Massage. Of course, it wasn’t fun after that. It felt like my body was hit all over with a hammer until it exploded. The smell of burning and ozone was left behind after that...well, I’ll never forget it.”
"Cheer up, Mitch." Mutt felt that the rat boy in front of him was already a little crazy. He also knew that living in such a lonely environment for a long time would gradually drive a normal person crazy, so he did not blame him.
Mitch, even if this kid is suicidal.
"Don't you want to give it a try? Well, if you don't want to, forget it." The rat boy let out a sigh and lazily lay on the ground: "Brother Mut, you are different from me. You may still have a chance to return to the real world."
"
The cat boy's ears twitched: "Are you serious? What should I do?"
"I don't know. But my intuition tells me that we will part ways soon." The little white mouse moved its tail, with a hint of loneliness in his tone: "I'm sorry for dragging you down. If I hadn't been delaying, maybe you would have been more interested."
I should have found a way back long ago. But I really want to stay with you...even just for a little longer. Oh, I'm so bored. I feel like you've always been with me."
"Mitch..."
"But I know. I can't do it anymore. I no longer belong to that [real] world, and maybe I can never go back. But you...you still have things to do in that world."
After all, you still belong there, don’t you?"
Of course. Mutt thought to himself. But he did not say this out loud for fear of hurting the rat boy in front of him.
"Then try your best to go back, brother Mutt. I don't want you to go back. I really want you to be with me all the time. But I will cheer for you." Mickey smiled bitterly. From that bitter smile, Cat
The young man saw the sincerity and kindness of the little mouse in front of him.
Then------
Boom!!------An even bigger thunder fell in the sky. This time the thunder and lightning was so powerful that it directly smashed one of the crystal pillars. Huge crystal fragments flew around, and Mutt was surprised.
While trying his best to dodge, luckily he reacted quickly enough to dodge, otherwise he would have almost been crushed by a crystal that was twice his size!
"Mitch, are you okay!?" The cat-man boy turned around to ask worriedly. What he saw when he turned around was indeed the rat-man boy who was crushed into a huge crystal stone and was already bloody and dying.
"Ah..." Mitch vomited blood and whispered, "It hurts so much... No matter how many times I die... this kind of pain can't help..."
Eliminate it..."
"Brother Mutt..." The rat boy, whose vision was blurred by blood, turned to look at his new friend he just met not long ago: "We...see you next time."
After saying this, the rat boy suddenly disappeared.
Perhaps he had passed a certain critical point of "near-death" and was judged to be dead, and had to undergo the inevitable resurrection after death. His body turned into countless crystal fragments scattered on the ground, and further decomposed into finer crystal sand.
, continue to subdivide infinitely until Mutter cannot see clearly with the naked eye.
A gust of wind blew by. The crystal sand seemed to have become part of the crystal boundary, or moved elsewhere. Mutt didn't know. He only hoped that Mitch's words were true, and that the child could really be somewhere else after he was killed.
Resurrection again.
But now Mutter has another crisis to solve.
A crystal giant emerged from the huge crystal pillar that was shattered by lightning. It had a completely different atmosphere from the beasts in the crystal world that the cat boy had seen before.
It seems to be some kind of... "Guardian". This strange idea suddenly came to the mind of the cat boy. If you defeat it, maybe you can achieve something. Maybe you can find a way to escape from this [Crystal Realm]
Escape from there.
Maybe this is the real meaning of Mitch bringing him to this place. The kid actually knows the way out, but he just can't do it himself.
------What Mitch can't do, can Mutt do it?
Upon closer inspection, the cat boy found that the thirty-foot-tall crystal giant in front of him was truly terrifying.
It barely has the outline of a human being. The countless crystals on its body form a muscle-like structure, but it is hard. There are smaller pieces of scale-like crystals floating and swimming on it. They seem to be able to absorb a lot of damage. It seems
Driven by thunder and lightning, the lightning on his body kept shining, sending crackling lightning back and forth between the crystals.
Mitch also said that if you get close to these electrified crystal pillars, the consequences will be very fatal. The crystal giant in front of Mutt is probably equally deadly.
And, my God, that giant's fist was several times bigger than Mutt's head! That thing certainly didn't just smash the cat boy's head when it hit him. It was probably just rubbed by its impact.
It's enough to break a person to pieces!
Is it really possible for this kind of thing to be defeated? And it was defeated by him, Mutt? The cat boy couldn't help but doubt in his heart.
Before that, he was just a child with no physical strength. Before that, he could only play American football, run around among a group of muscular men, and rely on his flexibility to occupy a place. He was a little kid.
It's not a big deal for him to grab a ball from the big men. It's another thing entirely for him to face a crystal monster that's several times bigger than those big men and has a ferocious look!
His legs kept shaking. He was not a hero, a knight, or a monster hunter. He was just him, a desperate cat-man boy trapped in this alien world.
But the next second, what he thought of was the rat boy, Mitch, who was lying in a pool of blood just now, with a face filled with despair and dismay.
That child was equally desperate, and this despair lasted for at least sixteen years.
After the child suffered so much cruel treatment, he is still trapped in this crystal world and suffers endlessly, with no hope of escape and endless despair. Is it really good for this despair to continue?
Why can that child still show that bitter smile? Why does he still bring Mutt to look for clues? I sincerely hope that Mutt can escape from the crystal world?
He saw himself in the child's eyes, he saw his own weakness, his own powerlessness. He saw his own kindness.
He saw that Mitch might be him in the future.
This kind of thing cannot happen again.
For Mitch and himself, Mutt must face the giant in front of him.
------If this is his only hope of escaping.
------If this is also the hope for the kid Mitch to escape.
The cat boy, who was not good at fighting, trembled and clenched the crystal stabbing sword in his hand.